Presentation to Educause conference, 10/19/2011

1. DIY U: Edupunks and
the Transformation of
Higher Education
Anya Kamenetz
Educause
October 19, 2011

2. My lenses: Gen Y rep
Faculty brat
media
Journalist

3. * Two-thirds of BAs have federal
student loans. (less than ½ in 1993).
*Averagedebt: $27,803
*2-year default rate: 8.8% and rising.

4. 9.6jobs ages 18-32; workers under 25 are
2x as likely to be freelance, temp, contract.
part-time.
As of 2010, 37% of 18- to 29-year-olds are unemployed
or out of the workforce, the highest share among this
age group in more than three decades.

5. “I just had a friend who graduated
with a French major and is having a
panic attack.”
“A lot of us especially in this recession want
economic stability.”
“Every year our tuition is getting
raised. It makes people weigh out
the costs and benefits more.”

6. competition is global
“In the school of international studies you’re required to
spend a semester abroad. That’s something that really
sets you apart.”

7. “58 percent of grade school kids
will be employed in careers that
don’t exist today.”
--Cathy Davidson Now You See It

8. Cost +
Access +
Relevance = The
Case for Radical
Innovation

9. From Baumol’s
Disease…

10. to Moore’s law?

11. The Future is
Open

12. Content(what to learn)+
Socialization(how to
learn)+
Accreditation (why to
learn)

13. OpenContent

14. Attractive/Accessible
Attractive.Accessible.Unlimited.
“a platform for spreading ideas” – Chris Anderson
“Our professor uses YouTube to
show how music therapists interact
with different populations.”

15. Updated Constantly
Continuously updated
“We have apps on
our smartphones
to look up
the drugs and
side effects.”

16. It’s not *just* about the iStuff

17. “If this info is out there for free why
am I going to school and paying
$50K a year ? I want that support
network.”

18. OpenSocialization

19. Personal Learning
Networks

20. We help each other learn
“Alex started us sharing notes on
Dropbox.”
“We have a Facebook thread with 200
people answering questions”

21. Stanford University’s Massively Open
Online Course
100,000+ students from 175 countries…AI grading
Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun.

22. Wikimedia—45 schools.
Assessment by network

23. Formalizing peer learning
“Sharing ideas is really enjoyable—it’s just as
important as learning from the professors.”

24. OpenAccreditation

25. Web
As students follow
personal learning paths…
Portfolio

26. Institutions may specialize in assessment…

27. …or portability

28. supplement the need
Professional networks:
bypassing diplomas
for diplomas

29. Reputation+portfolio= credibility

30. Badges:
assessment
for
real
world
learning

31. Pressures-Responses
•Access/Demand-Networks
& Scalability
•Cost-Digital efficiencies&
specialization/unbundling
•Quality-21 st century skills &
practices

32. The Old Way

33. The New Ways
Goals
Web
Networks
Personal
Learning
Experiences mentors
Networks
C
peers
Portfolio Internships
Self-discovery

34. Twitter @anya1anya
Edupunksguide.org
DIYUBOOK@gmail.com